adhika

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

𑀅𑀥𑀺𑀓 (Brahmi script)
अधिक (Devanagari script)
অধিক (Bengali script)
අධික (Sinhalese script)
အဓိက or ဢꩪိၵ (Burmese script)
อธิก or อะธิกะ (Thai script)
ᩋᨵᩥᨠ (Tai Tham script)
ອຘິກ or ອະຘິກະ (Lao script)
អធិក (Khmer script)
𑄃𑄙𑄨𑄇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit अधिक (adhika).

Adjective

adhika

exceeding; superior

Descendants

→ Burmese: အဓိက (a.dhi.ka.)
→ Khmer: អធិក (ʼaʼthɨk)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

adhica – obsolete, Abecedario orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अधिक (adhika, “subsequent, additional”) undergoing semantic change.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ad‧hi‧ka

IPA^(key): /ʔadhiˈkaʔ/, [ʔɐd.hɪˈxaʔ]

Noun

adhikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜑᜒᜃ)

goal; ambition; wish; desire
Synonyms: ambisyon, hangarin, layon, layunin

Ano ang inyong adhika sa buhay?
What is your ambition in life?

Derived terms

adhikain
mag-adhika

Further reading

“adhika”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

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